Poultry feeder and waterer.



PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

A. REES. POULTRY FEEDER AND WATERER;

I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13.1906

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' ABRAM REES, or -BUNKERHILL, INDIANA.

POULTRY FEEDER AND WATERER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

katentecl March 26, 1907.

Application filed June 13,1906 Serial No. 321,486-

To an whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'ABRAM RE S, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Bunker Hill, in the county .of Miami andvice embodying my invention.

State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Poultry Feeders and IVaterers, of which the following is a specification. v v

This invention relates to a device adapted for feeding and watering poultry, the object of theinvention being to provide a simple, inexpensive, eflicient, and ornamental device of this character adapted to prevent waste of the food and water and to supply the-same automatically for consumption as fast as it is consumed by .the fowls, and, further, to so construct the device as to secure convenience in refiliing the same with food and water and safety'in feeding the water to the drinkingtroughs, so as to prevent the same from overflowing and avoid liability of the drowning of young chicks. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aview in elevation of a poultry feeding and watering de- Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3

is a top plan view with the cover and foun T 'tain removed.

i The device is preferably made throughout of sheet metal and comprises a base 1, from which rises a,' tubular water-reservoir 2, open at its upper end and provided at its lower end with outlets 3, communicating with shallow drinkingcups or troughs 4, mounted on thebase outside the reservoir. The, base and reservoir support a series of feed boxes or receptacles 5, grouped around the reservoirin' alternation with the drinking-troughs and each provided at its lower end with a trough orfeed-chamber 6. Eachfeed boxorreceptacle is open at its upper end for the introduction of the food thereinto, which feeds by gravity down into the trough 6 and-has its forward wall 7 inclined downwardly and inwardly to gradually reduce the size of the -re ceptacle and provide a contracted throat of passage 8 for the uniform and gradual supply of feed to the, trough, allowing only asufiicient quantity of food to pass to the trough to compensate for that consumed by the poultry.

A removable cover?) is provided to' rest upon and close the reservoir 2 and feed-boxes 5 and is provided with a handle 10 for cbne venience in manipulating it.

Secured to a'nddepending from this cover is a fountain 11',

which is cylindrical in form and adapted to fit within the reservoir 2. The fountain is of somewhat less length than the reservoir and of less diameter than the same to leave an intervening passage-l 2 for a purpose hereinafter described and is closed at its upper end and provided at its lower end with a fillingaperture and outlet 13. The outlet 13 is formed in the bottempf the fountain, from which depends a relatively narrower nozzle or shield 14;, which terminates above the surface of the base 1 and below the level of the upper ends of the outlets 3. A gravity-valve 15 is provided to control the outlet 13 and is carried by stem 16, having a long upper extremity 17 disposed within the fountain, and a shorter lower extremity 18', projecting downward through the outlet. The cover 9 is preferably conical in form, so that it, in conjunction with the form and arrangement of the reservoir, feed-boxes,- and drinkingtroughs, will impart a neat andornamental appearance to the device.

In the operation of storing the device with food and water for use thecover is lifted up wardly, thus exposing the upper open ends of the feed-boxes 5 and withdrawing-the fountain from the reservoir. The boxes 5- are themfilled to the desired extent with the food to be supplied to the poultry, after which the fountain is filled while in an inverted position with water through the aperture 13, the valve 15 moving by gravity inwardly from said aperture upon the inversion-of the fountain to permit it to be filled and being limited in such inward movement .by contact of the stem-arm 17 with the topv [I wall of 'the fountain. The cover and foun- -tai'n are then applied for use in the manner shown'in Fig. 2. 'When the fountain is inserted, the discharge of water from the same is prevented by 'the closure of the outlet 13 by the valve 15; but as soon as the fountain is fully applied inpositionethe lower extren1 ity 18 of the valve-stem wilf engage the base- 1,'and the valve will be forced open to allow the water to discharge; The water will accordin'gly flow from the fountain through the outlet 13 and fill the'lower portion of the res ervoir and-also extend upward into the space or passage 12, thus sealing the reservoir in such a mannerthatthe water will be re-' tained therein and its feed reg'ulated by ex terioratmospheric pressure, the water being supplied to thecup's 4 through the outlets 3 "up to the level of the top of said outlets.

the water in the cups is consumed or evaporatesand falls below such level an equivalent amount automatically flows thereinto through the outlets, and this operation is continued until the full supply ofwater in the fountain and reservoir is exhausted. The function of the reduced tubular exten sion or nozzle 14 is to insure the regular and even flow of the water. from the fountain to the reservoir and prevent gushing or irregularities in the even feed of the water. Owing tothe fact that the cups or troughs 4 are shallow and contain but a small amount ,of water, young chicks and small poultry may drink therefrom without liability of falling therein and drowning. g

It will be seen that the invention provides a device for the purpose described which issimple of construction, efficient in use, ornamental in appearance, and susce tible of being manufactured and sold at a ow cost and which may be readily and conveniently replenished with food and water.

Having thus described the invention, what is' claimed as new is 1 1. A device of the characterdescribed- 7 comprising a' base, a reservoir-tube. risingtherefrom and provided at its lower end with outlets, feed-trot ghs formed independently of the reservoir and arranged in spaced re-- lation on the exterior thereof, drinkingtroughs communicating with said outlets and grouped with the feed-troughs in alternation around the reservoir, said troughs being arranged in .the spaces between the feedtroughs, a cover for closing the reservoir, and a fountain fixed to an\ applicable and removable with said cover to initially hold a supply of 'Water for passage to the reservoir and thence to the drinking-troughs.-

2. A device of the character described comprising a base, a reservoir rising therefrom, said reservoir being open at its upper end and provided at its lower end with outlets, feed-troughs Vertically arranged upon the exterior of the reservoir, said troughs being independent of said reservoir and grouped around the same in alternation with the drinking-troughs, a cover for closing the reservoir and feed roughs, and a fountain fixed to said cover and adapted to fit within the reservoir.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base, a reservoir rising therefrom, said reservoir being open at its upper e'ndland provided at its lower'end with outlets, drinking troughs on the exterior of the, reservoir and communicating with said outlets, feed-troughs formed independently of the reservoir and grouped upon the base around the reservoir in alternation with the drinking-troughasaid feed troughs being v provided at their lower ends with outlets and and suspended from the cover and provided in its bottomwith an-outlet and a contracted shield extending below the outlet, a gravity-1' valve controlling thebutlet, and a stem carrying said valyea nd operative to engage the top 'of the/fountain to limit the openingmovementfof the valve when'the fountain is in'-" verted and to engage. the base and force the valve open when the fountain is inserted in the reservoir for -use. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses r ABRAM REES. Witnesses:

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